2007 Entry for a Darwin Award

[red-beard]

unfortunately, he lived

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/15/whacking.bullets.ap/index.html

Man accidentally shoots himself without a gun

LAKE LUZERNE, New York (AP) -- A young man shot himself without using a gun.

Damion M. Mosher, who put bullets in a vise and whacked them with a hammer to empty the brass shell casings, was hit in the abdomen by one of the shots, authorities said.

Warren County deputies said they were called to Mosher's home in Lake Luzerne on Saturday afternoon after one bullet went about a half-inch into his abdomen. He was treated at Glens Falls Hospital and was released. No charges were filed.

Mosher, 18, told authorities he was trying to empty the .223-caliber rounds to collect the brass casings for scrap.

Sheriff Larry Cleveland said about 100 other rounds that Mosher hit had "fizzled," but one was somehow sent with more force. It was unclear if the bullet ricocheted or hit him directly.

An employee of an Albany scrap metal company told The Post-Star of Glens Falls that the business pays $1.70 a pound for scrap brass shell casings.

Cleveland said Mosher's shells amounted to just a few pounds.

Lake Luzerne, at the southeastern edge of the Adirondacks, is 45 miles north of Albany.

[Joeaksa]

And there are a lot more just like him out there...

[onlycafe]

how about the guy who used a .22 round as a fuse in his truck?

[Hugh R]

I ALMOST did that in my basement when I was like 7 or 8 and just as I was putting the nail punch on the primer and ready to hit it with a hammer, something in the back of my head said "Nah, don't do this" again, I was about 7 or 8.

[Aerkuld]

Numb nuts!

[Z-man]

Ya know, there are folks who read that article and said, "geez - $1.70 per pound? Henrietta - git me ma hamma and bullets! Weez gonna be rich!"


-Z

[kach22i]

I'll have to remember to bring a baggie next time I go to the indoor shooting range.

[red-beard]

Clean - reloadable brass sells for more money than $1.70 per pound.

Maybe the guy was hard of hearing and thought it was $1.70 per round.

[Hawktel]

I don't think he qualifies for a Darwin award, as he failed to kill himself.

But He could get a honorable mention!